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The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...

A franchise lettings agency is reported to have agreed to stop potential tenants bidding against each other to secure rental properties. The...

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

Father and sons trio Kevin, Lewis and Tom Dudley have joined forces to become the new owners of Martin & Co’s...

One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

The head of the Property Redress Scheme will give agents the lowdown on the recent Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper...

Currently, the average void period across England is 16.8 days a year. With an average monthly rent of £940, equating to...

Agents are being invited to comment on the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. And unusually the invitation comes not from any...

Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...

It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...

An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent agents and landlords banning pets from the local...

A property company and a landlord have each been found guilty of 27 charges relating to the management of two properties...

As debate rages about whether pets should be allowed in more private rental properties, a senior house building figure has spoken up for...

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

Paul Shamplina, the man behind Landlord Action and a Channel 5 show on handling rental crises, is warning that county courts...

Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...

There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

Two Labour MPs have made extensive claims about the number of evictions from the private rental sector likely to happen if...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

The Prime Minister has told MPs that the eviction ban effectively in place now but scheduled to expire on January 11...

January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

Campaigning charity Shelter says it is “doubling up” its efforts to make sure letting agents comply with anti-discrimination legislation when it...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Agents and landlords are advised to think carefully before allowing tenants to keep pets, despite a government push to relax restrictions. The...

A ginger group that supports the Labour party says the government’s bid to stop pet bans is meaningless and does not...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have created a matrix for letting agents and landlords about...

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act - which bans fees levied by agents and landlords on tenants - comes into...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to private...

The number of fake or fraudulent rental applications is on the rise, with landlords and letting agents being fooled by a...

Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...

Zoopla says it’s introducing new measures to minimise the presence of what it calls “blanket restrictions” imposed on tenants who receive...

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

A new branch of franchise agency Century 21 has opened in Chelmsford with two unusual pitches - its own ‘ban’ on...

New research appears to suggest that some tenants would be willing to pay substantially higher rent if they were allowed to...

The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...

Belvoir has announced what it calls “a significant acquisition” by one of its franchisees, which is set to add almost £1m...

The Welsh Government’s housing minister has tweeted that the results of a formal consultation process on a ban on agents’ fees...

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...

An agency operating in London and Essex has launched an online petition to oppose the ban on credit and debit card...

A buy to let investor who failed to purchase a £542 licence for his HMO has been ordered to pay almost...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

A rogue landlord in Corby has been ordered to pay over £20,000 and sign up to a Criminal Behaviour Order which...

The Welsh Government is now kicking off a similar consultation process to that conducted by the Department for Communities and Local...

Reports from Australia suggest some of the country’s leading letting agencies have inserted clauses into their tenancy contracts to ban renters...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty at St Albans Magistrates'...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

A buy to let mortgage lender claims that five out of six areas affected by the long-running spate of strikes on...

  Industry groups have warned that the government’s ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in England will backfire, with most...

The controversial Renters’ Rights Bill, which wants to sharply reduce the ability of letting agents to levy charges on tenants and...

The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...

The details of 12,000 buy to let landlords - posted online by a council following a Freedom of Information request -...

A letting agency that has been the subject of a BBC investigation and has gone into liquidation in controversial circumstances has...

The Housing and Planning Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow when the remaining stages of the legislation resume after...

A survey of one Home Counties area shows that out of about 40 letting agents some 24 appear not to be...

A group of estate agents have teamed up with a local fire and rescue service to launch an initiative aimed at...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a radio advertisement for Direct Line Landlord Insurance because it has been judged to be...

The National Landlords’ Association has set out a table of where the political parties stand on issues of lettings sector reform...